Sports Injury Rehabilitation
Acute and chronic sporting injuries assessed against objective strength and load benchmarks. You go back when your body passes the tests — not when the six weeks are up.
Return to sport on criteria, not on a calendar
Planet Fitness Centurion Gate · Centurion
Be yourphysical best
Sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapy in Centurion. One practitioner, one hour, one plan — and a fully equipped gym on the other side of the door to finish the job properly.
1-on-1
Every session, start to finish
45min
Initial assessment
6
Days a week
0
Waiting-room queues
Drikus Klopper
Physiotherapist · Centurion
01Meet your physio
I am a passionate physiotherapist with a special interest in sports injuries, pain management, and orthopaedic post-surgical rehabilitation.
My journey into physiotherapy began with a simple but powerful idea — helping people live fully and move freely, without pain holding them back.
Whether your goals are big or small, personal or performance-based, I’m here to support you every step of the way. If I can help you get closer to the life you want to live, then I’ve done my job — and made the world a little better in the process.
Be your physical best.
02The approach
Most people arrive having already been told their scan looks bad, their posture is wrong, or that they should simply rest. It is rarely that simple, and rest on its own almost never fixes it.
My work starts with a genuine assessment — history, movement, strength, and the specific tests that separate one diagnosis from another. Only then does treatment start, and only once you understand what we are treating and why.
From there it is hands-on therapy to calm things down, and progressive loading to build tissue that tolerates your sport, your training or your working day. The practice sits inside Planet Fitness Centurion Gate precisely so that the last stage of rehab happens under real load, with someone watching your technique.
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One practitioner, start to finish
You are assessed, treated and progressed by the same person every session. Nothing gets handed off, nothing gets lost between visits.
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Diagnosis before treatment
A proper examination comes first. If I can't explain what's driving your pain, I haven't finished assessing it yet.
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Rehab that ends in the gym
Hands-on work settles tissue. Load is what makes it durable. Being inside a gym means the last phase happens where it should.
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A finish line, not a subscription
Treatment plans have an end point. You'll know from session one roughly how many visits we're aiming for, and when you're discharged.
Hands first, then load
Physiotherapist · Centurion
“The goal is never to make you comfortable on my table. It is to make you harder to injure once you leave it.”
03Conditions treated
Seven regions, one method. Select an area to see what commonly walks through the door — and what gets done about it.
Spine & Core
Backs are rarely fragile — they're usually deconditioned. Manual therapy to settle it, loading to make it durable.
- Lower back pain
- Disc-related & referred leg pain
- Sciatica
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Thoracic stiffness
- Pregnancy-related back pain
04Services
Every plan draws on several of these. None of them work in isolation — which is why none of them are sold in isolation.
Manual & Manipulative Therapy
Mobilisation, manipulation, soft tissue release and trigger point work to restore range and settle pain quickly — the opening move, never the whole plan.
Hands-on joint and soft tissue work
Post-Operative Rehabilitation
ACL reconstructions, joint replacements, shoulder repairs and spinal surgery. Protocol-led, surgeon-aligned progressions from day one to full discharge.
Structured recovery after surgery
Dry Needling
Fine filament needling into myofascial trigger points to release tension and restore normal muscle length where hands alone can't reach.
Direct release for stubborn muscle tissue
Biomechanical & Movement Screening
Running gait, squat and lifting mechanics analysed to expose the movement fault driving your injury — then corrected with targeted loading.
Find the cause, not just the symptom
Strength & Conditioning Rehab
The practice sits inside a fully equipped gym for a reason. Your final phase happens on real equipment, under real load, with eyes on your technique.
Rehab that finishes strong
Chronic & Persistent Pain
Graded exposure, pacing and education for pain that has become the condition itself. Slower, more patient work — and often the most life-changing.
For pain that has outstayed the injury
Postural & Office Ergonomics
Desk-driven neck, shoulder and back pain addressed at both ends: treatment for the tissue, and a workstation setup that stops over-straining the muscle daily.
For bodies that sit for a living
05How it runs
01
Assess
A full subjective and physical examination. History, movement testing, strength and special tests — and enough time to actually listen to what you're telling me.
45 min
02
Explain
You leave knowing what is wrong, why it happened and roughly how long it takes. No jargon, no mystery, no open-ended treatment plans.
Same session
03
Treat
Hands-on therapy to settle symptoms and restore range, paired with the loading that makes the change stick beyond the treatment table.
Ongoing
04
Load
Progressive strength work in the gym next door until you meet the benchmarks for your sport, your job or your life. Then you're discharged.
Discharge
06The practice
Private rooms for assessment and hands-on work, and the fully equipped gym for everything that comes after.
07References
He has perfected the art of Muscles talking to him, a real Muscle Whisperer. He relieved pain I struggled with for almost 2 months and in just 3 sessions all my pain was gone, no pain killers or pills just amazing work
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08Visit
Address
Planet Fitness Centurion GateCnr of John Vorster & Akkerboom St
Zwartkop, Centurion
0157
Working hours
- Monday8am — 6pm
- Tuesday8am — 6pm
- Wednesday8am — 6pm
- Thursday8am — 6pm
- Friday8am — 6pm
- Saturday8am — 12pm
- SundayClosed
Appointments outside these hours can sometimes be arranged for post-operative and elite sport cases — ask when you book.